Research
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March 20, 2020
Study: Containment appears to step down COVID-19 spread
The actions many communities are taking to slow the spread of COVID-19 may be shrinking deaths in a pattern that brings together nature, art and math, according to a new study from U-M.
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March 9, 2020
‘It’s like you have a hand again’
In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, U-M researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.
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February 25, 2020
Study shows genetic evidence of resistance in bats to disease
A new U-M study presents the first genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated some North American bat populations.
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February 24, 2020
MIDAS announces challenge to promote research reproducibility
The Michigan Institute for Data Science has announced the 2020 Reproducibility Challenge to highlight high-quality, reproducible scientific work at U-M by collecting examples of best practices across diverse fields.
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February 17, 2020
Town hall highlights best practices for international engagement
U-M is taking steps to strengthen transparency and streamline the reporting processes around international engagement, including efforts to centralize disclosure procedures and develop a compliance auditing system.
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February 17, 2020
Tips for extending the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries
U-M researchers developed a list of nine best practices for lithium-ion battery lifetime extension after examining academic papers and manufacturers’ user manuals and customer-support websites.
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February 17, 2020
Love matters: How parents’ love shapes children’s lives
A new study co-authored by U-M and using unique data from families in Nepal shows that when spouses love each other, children stay in school longer and marry later in life.
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February 14, 2020
Study shows one in five operations could lead to ‘surprise’ bills
A new U-M study shows that one in five operations could result in an unwelcome surprise: a bill for hundreds or thousands of dollars that the patient didn’t know they might owe.
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February 14, 2020
Fighting climate change at the sink: A guide to greener dishwashing
A new U-M study on washing dishes shows that the manual two-basin method is associated with fewer greenhouse gas emissions than machine dishwashing and the “running tap” method.
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February 6, 2020
Study shows much opposition to Native American mascots, names
New U-M research reveals high rates of opposition to not only the use of gestures and chants, but also to Native American mascots and team names like the NFL’s Washington Redskins.
